overload

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[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 15 points 1 week ago

I think economics would basically push things that way. If most people cannot or will not buy the latest hardware, the investment of 600 million dollars or more into a AAAA game that hardly anyone can run won't happen.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

There's only a handful of games worth playing that a 10 year old mid-range computer can't play anyway. I don't see the point of upgrading for Indianna Jones or COD.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 13 points 2 weeks ago

I thought it was one of the better LTT videos for sure. Torvalds is much better on camera than he claims to be and it was interesting to see his outlook on a broad range of questions.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah I checked myself and Bazzite has an Nvidia version now. Installed it last night and it is working great. No Steam Machine needed it seems. The Frame does appeal to me still.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 weeks ago

Using 1440p, I've not had any major issues with 8GB. It has been a bottleneck that has forced me to turn some resolution/texture settings down though. Indiana Jones is an example that stands out for running poorly, but I'm not buying a new system for that game to run better.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 14 points 4 weeks ago (5 children)

I'd argue it's also for people who want sleep and resume on a PC for that console experience. I have a 3070ti system, which is older and mid now but still smokes the steam machine, and I'll be "downgrading" to this because I consider quick resume an upgraded experience. Most games I play don't even need that power.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 25 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Kids want to play what their friends/community are playing.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Looking at the sheer number of nominations e33 has gotten, I would be absolutely shocked if it didn't win game of the year.

It's defined as "Recognizing a game that delivers the absolute best experience across all creative and technical fields."

While that's pretty nebulous a definition on its own, the fact that seemingly every other creative and technical field has its own award category, and E33 is nominated for most of them, speaks to it being a shoe-in for the GOTY category.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 4 points 1 month ago

I'm not disagreeing. Epic's 12% would still be hugely profitable for Valve.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago

True that text is small files, but some Skyrim saves are easily in the dozens of MB for example. I'm sure you multiply that by millions and it adds up. Surely them needing to store many copies of the game files themselves is a larger file size footprint for them though.

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 10 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Lol yep they're an extremely wealthy company with that 30%. But it seems like almost every other storefront operates under those margins for digital sales (not just in gaming). I do value the cloud saves, I think those would actually add up a bit for their storage requirements as well as hosting all of the game files in presumably many locations globally.

15%, they'd still be a multibillion dollar company

[–] overload@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month ago

Well, I agree that the writing is really good. But the gameplay hook is what really makes it a great game tome.

 

The game is quite long for how limited the gameplay is. Combat had an interesting rhythm gimmick but it should have been a 5-6 hour, tight experience, not 10-12. It really outstayed its welcome for me given that the game is just combat arenas and cutscenes.

Apart from that combat could be broken by spamming companion abilities once you unlocked them all, it didn't feel like there was any reason to use different combos than 2 or 3 that worked fine.

I end up with the feeling that the hype around the game comes mainly from the unfair closure of a studio that did something that wasn't just following trends.

People hold the game up as an example of what's wrong with the cash grabbing nature of big publishers in the industry, but I just don't think it's a good game at all.

 

I'm not sure if there's another version of this song out there.

I'm a fan of summoning salt on YouTube and I am shocked that this particular song has so few listens and is released so late after videos using it came out. Seems that HOME produced this one.

 

With game pass popping off the last 18 months it seems like Xbox has really hit their stride as a publishing house. Admittedly they've largely done this by throwing billions upon billions of dollars to buy IP, but Expedition 33, Palworld, blue Prince and other hits popping off shows this hasn't exclusively been the case.

Meanwhile, Sony have had the most expensive flop in video game history with Concord, PSVR2 basically being DOA, and a perplexing pivot to chasing live service trends has meant that the system has missed out on several potential first party hits. Their subscription service pales comparatively to game pass, and there is very little of interest coming in the pipeline.

The PS5 has won this gen over Xbox in terms of sales, but I think customer confidence in their approach has dropped massively, at least for me.

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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/world@lemmy.world
 

Labor has stormed to victory in the federal election and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will lead a majority government following a disastrous night for the Coalition and Peter Dutton.

At 8.24pm, less than half an hour after the final polls closed in Western Australia, 9News projected Labor had won the election.

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submitted 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/unpopularopinion@lemmy.world
 

Game prices for the past 30 years haven't kept pace with inflation.

I recognise the argument that publishers are shifting larger volumes of units now, which has been a factor that has allowed the industry to keep price increases below inflation for the last 30 years.

Wages not being even close to keeping up with inflation (especially housing inflation) is the real issue here, not the $70/$80 video game.

You should be angry at your reduced purchasing power in all of society, not just with the price of Nintendo games.

(Secondary less unpopular opinion, the best games out these days are multiplatform and released at least 5 years ago, buy them for << $80 and wait for sale the new releases, when they too are 5 years old)

 

Just wanted to shout out this piece of software.

I've been time poor lately and the ps5 has been gathering dust in my office. Streaming onto the deck has been a godsend, as I'm not tied into locking myself away from the family to play a game. Bit of a hassle to set up but so handy once it's been added as a non-steam game.

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submitted 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) by overload@sopuli.xyz to c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
 

Just wondering what a rough split is of people using either Usenet, torrents, or both?

I've only just discovered Usenet and while it is paid, it is very cheap and much more convenient than torrents.

Using torrents as well with the *arr suite set up for my various Linux ISOs.

 

Seen a few times bazzite has been mentioned, but just have seen another user say they have OpenSUSE installed.

I'm not sure what the benefits of these options are, especially non-steamOS ISOs?

 

I see it referenced constantly here, not quite as much on Reddit. I know what it means, but just wondering why such the popularity over on this side of the fence?

 

I really didn't think this was going to happen. Lemmy is missing an app at the level of boost for reddit.

If the UX is close to what BFR was, then this will really help with platform migration.

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